Levesque v. State

CLIFFORD, Justice.

The State appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Marsano, J.) granting post-conviction relief to the petitioner, Real Levesque, on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel. Because we agree with the State’s contention that, when evaluated pursuant to the proper standard of review, the evidence does not support a conclusion that Levesque met his post-conviction burden of demonstrating that the performance of his trial attorney constituted ineffective assistance of counsel, we vacate the judgment.

In 1992, following a jury trial, Levesque…